Hezekiah Baker — Highwayman

Hezekiah Baker

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Hezekiah Baker was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1950 and moved to Fort Pierce, Florida when he was 13 and fell in love with the warmth and beauty of the area. Hezekiah is a graduate of Lincoln park Acadmy. Hezekiah began sketching in his teens and thought that is calling would be fashioin design. A meeting with Alfred Hair changed that and Hezekiah awakenedj to his true talent: Landscape art.

Hezekiah beame one of the Highwayment in the 1960s. He continued to work as a baker, but he devoted his spare time to his passion: Painting. The 1960s were a woinderful and stimulating time to be part of the Fort Pierce art scene. Hezekiah would spare his thoughts and ideas with Maryanne Carroll, Johnny (Hook) Daniels, James Gibson, Harold Newton, and Alfred hair. The artistic styles and flare were cultivated and forged.

Thinking back to those days, Hezekiah still prefers painting his trademark of technicolor sunsets and back-country vistas on the Highwaymen traditional medium of choice--Masonite. Upson board and Masonite were the original "canvas" used by the Highwaymen. Hezekiah felt that the use of Masonite enabled him to translate best the scenic beauty of 1950s Florida with which he first fell in love.

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Brevard Community College, 1519 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL  32922